<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">>Do you realize that 1080i images are WORSE quality than 720p images? <br>>(1080i should really be called 540p...) So when you are watching 1080i <br>>on a 720p screen is is being UPSCALED. Not downscaled. <br> <br>>The order of HD video quality. 480p --> 1080i --> 720p --> 1080p<br><br>A 1080i tv show scaled to 1080p has more pixels on the screen than a 720p show. Yes, with extremely fast motion, you have a possible argument, but not with a sitcom or a show displaying people that are moving at regular speed.<br><br>The 1080i = 540p and 720p > 540p argument doesn't hold true when you consider that 1080i has 1920 horizontal pixels. You can't blinding
look at the numberings with factoring that 1080i would be 540p at a 32:9 pixel ratio. 1080i resolution displayed on a 720p display has is horizontal resolution downscaled by 33%<br> </font></font></div></div></body></html>